This weekend!

The People’s Joker
on 35mm

Dir. Vera Drew (2022); US; English; 92 min; 35mm

Programmed by Julie

Friday, January 16 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, January 17 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, January 18 at 3:00 PM

Welcome to the underbelly of Gotham, where comedy is illegal and fascism is enforced by a rich groomer in a bat suit.
Built on a parody of DC lore deep cuts, and a hybrid visual texture of live-action and animation, trans film maker Vera Drew gives us a hot take on what a trans coming-of-age story could look like with her first feature film debut.

Co-written, directed and starring Drew as Joker the Harlequin, she creates a fantastical world of gender evolution that contrasts brutal othering through a delicious spectacle of anti-comedy, queer visualizations that mirror a discordant slurry of abandonment, misogyny and self-medicating survival. Reminding us that the trans experience is not linear and its undying resistance gives us a most honest reason to smile.

Saving Face

Week 1: January 9, 10, 11

Dir. Alice Wu (2004); US; English, Mandarin, Shanghainese; 91 min; DCP

Programmed by Naomi

The People’s Joker on 35mm

Week 2: January 16, 17, 18

Dir. Vera Drew (2022); US; English; 92 min; 35mm

Programmed by Julie

I Have Electric Dreams

Week 3: January 23, 24, 25

Dir. Valentina Maurel (2022); Costa Rica; Spanish; 101 min; DCP

Programmed by Clara

We Grown Now

Week 4: January 30, 31, February 1

Dir. Minhal Baig (2023); US; English; 95 min; DCP

Programmed by Alyssa

I Am Not a Witch

Week 5: February 6, 7, 8

Dir. Rungano Nyoni (2017); UK, France, Germany, Zambia; English, Bemba, Chewa, Tonga; 93 min; DCP

Programmed by Clara

Compensation

Week 6: February 13, 14, 15

Dir. Zeinabu irene Davis (1999); US; English, ASL; 92 min; DCP

Programmed by Sarah

La Ciénaga

Week 7: February 20, 21, 22

Dir. Lucrecia Martel (2001); Argentina; Spanish; 101 min; DCP

Programmed by Alyssa

Seven Beauties

Week 8: February 27, 28, March 1

Dir. Lina Wertmüller (1975); Italy; Italian; 116 min; DCP

Programmed by Sarah

An Angel at My Table

Week 9: March 6, 7 ,8

Dir. Jane Campion (1990); New Zealand, Australia, UK; English; 158 min; DVD

Programmed by Naomi

Born in Flames

Week 10: March 13, 14, 15

Dir. Lizzie Borden (1983); US; English; 90 min; DCP

Programmed by Julie

Please note that these are our standard showtimes unless stated otherwise. Our doors open 30 minutes prior to each screening and close 10 minutes after each screening begins.